Saturday, May 2, 2009

What happens next? Let me introduce therest of the team. First is my ever faithful JensenCastle wheel. Its made from solid cherry, and wascarved in Wisconsin by Jerry Jensen. It is very reliable,pretty, and spins like a dream, but then, Jensen wheelsgenerally do.

This is another beautiful Jensen wheel- a 36"solid cherry wheel that my husband gave mefor Christmas about 8 years ago. He asked meonce what my "dream wheel" would be- I gotout my Spin Off magazine, and found an addfor Bountiful Spinning and Weaving in Colorado."This one" I said with a far away look in my eye.I knew what this wheel costs, I had already donethe research. My husband began a little researchof his own; he called Jerry Jensen and told him thathe NEEDED this wheel. He explained that is wife wasa fiber addict, and this was the wheel of her dreams.That was at the beginning of November. He alsoexplained that he wanted to give it to me for Christmas.Mr Jensen kindly explained that he didn't have one, it would have to be carved, and that would take awhile. When my husband explained that it was a total surprise for me and his wheel was the onlyacceptable one, Mr Jensen very kindly took a rush order. He would carve the wheel and send it toMike in pieces, Mike would do all of the finish work. You can only imagine how totally shocked I wasto find this wheel under the tree! I cried when he told me this story. I will always be grateful for suchan amazing and thoughtful gift. I cherish this wheel. Thank you Mr Jensen,for letting my persistant husband tug at your heart strings with his soppy story....

Last but never least, is my Majacraft Suzi Pro. This is my little workhorse! Its smooth treadle action can keep my spinning for long periodswhen I am doing production spinning for a big project. It spins like a dreamand always produces a nice consistant yarn. Plus, its portable if I want totake it along somewhere- it rides nicely in the car with a seatbelt ontoo. : )

There you have it. The whole shabang. Next up- getting the newroom ready to work in, and putting a dent in that stashwith a few Finished Objects!!

Love the wheels, I have an Ashford Traveler and a Baynes, I do love the castle style wheels :), started out because of room factor, but they're just so darn cute ;P. My new apt has a built in storage area that goes out of my apt and over the stair well, how cool is that? So I put alot of my fiber in there :P. We just find lots of places to stash it don't we, but how lucky to have a husband who accomadates yours with a new fiber room :). Really gotta find me one of those ;P.

Beautiful! I've always seen them around your house, but I never fully appreciated them till now! :) I started my own knitting blog as well, since I'll be taking our family blog private here soon. It's http://justkeepknittingknittingknitting.blogspot.com/

I would love to know where you found the info about Jensen wheels being sold to Rick Reeves. I was sorry when Mr. Reeves sold his business to Schacht; if he's making wheels again, I'm definitely interested!

My blog is at http://fiberarts.typepad.com . I'll be checking back on yours!